Help!! ID Algae and Hairgrass dying....

[AhVy]

I need help here.

Day 19 of tank -

1. Hairgrass has been melting - Is this normal? Should I remove the dying leaves? However, I do note that there are new shoots coming up!

2. Algae!!! Can someone identify this slimy brown looking thing?
I tried looking up on some sites... I think it does look like er...brown algae? Diatom?
- What should I do!! It seems to get worse day by day..
- Will this affect the new shoots? So far the new shoots seems to be unaffected though....but I'm worried that if it will, then I will have to manually remove them??
I got 1 oto and 2 zebra snails. Will they eat the algae?

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Test:
NH4 - 0
N02 -0.1
N03 - 2

Dose:
Excel - 2ml daily
Liquid Fert - 1ml weekly
Iron - 2ml daily

No C02 currently - for about 1 week already
(Tried DIY C02 for the 1st week. but DIY C02 bottle got problem, so stopped for a while.)

Please help!! Boohoo!

[SeVenZ]

dont think this has anything to do with the algae, but isnt 2ml of excel/iron daily too much for your tank size?
it actually looks like diatoms , had these when on my java moss once. i just rinsed them off.
i have no idea how are you going to do that. wait for more senior bros to help you out!

[stormhawk]

The fuzzy stuff looks like a serious case of fungi infestation. Manual removal might be best. I don't know what will eat these.

[Eric9013]

Temperature is too high which cause your hair grass to melt, add some root booster to help them got better

[|squee|]

Your tank is only 19 days old. Change the water faithfully and remove as much decaying matter as you can. If you like, try using a comb to sift through the hairgrass to remove trapped decaying matter. And you mentioned new shoots... that's a great sign!